Infant&#39;s outer garment



Aug. 4, 1942. ASTROVE INFANTS OUTER GARMENT Filed July 11, 1939 H. JOSEPH INVENTOR. 6 5 720 1/5 A TTORNEY Patented Aug. 4, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT oaalcs INFANTS on'rsa GARMENT Joseph Astrove, New York, N. Y., assignor-to Tidy Products Corporation, New York, N. Y.

Application July 11; 1939, Serial No. 283,728

3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to infants garments, and more particularly it relates to outdoor suits of the union type for infants such as are popularly called Baby Buntings, or still more particularly to infants outer garments. Garments of this type as heretofore constructed have been open to the objection that they could not be conveniently applied to the infant because the garments could not be sufficiently opened up, and it was necessary to struggle with the wriggling and squirming infant in order to properly place his body and limbs within the garment as a pullover garment is diflicult to apply to young infants.

It is therefore among the objects of my invention to provide in an infants garment of the character described, a construction permitting the garment to be opened up to such an extent that the infant can be laid on it and thereafter his limbs inserted in the portions intended therefor, and the garment then closed up.

It is further among the objects of my invention to provide in an' infants garment a construction in'which the garment is traversed by a plurality of slits running into a common opening and dividing the portions adjacent said opening into flaps which may be turned back so as to open up substantially the entire garment, and in which each slit is adapted to be closed or opened by a slide fastener.

It is also among the objects of my invention to provide a closure whereby the edges of two adjacent portions of a garment may be united in the form of a slide fastener and means for shielding said slide fastener against accidental opening.

It is the general objret ofmy invention to provide, in an infants garment, a construction that renders the garment simple, effective and economical, and assures great convenience in manipulation when applying or removing the garment, or for dressing such as in diapering the infant.

To attain these objects and such further objects as may appear herein or be hereinafter pointed out, I make reference to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a view showing my improved garment laid out flat and completely closed;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing the garment completely opened up;

'Figure 3 is a view of the upper portions of the garment showing a partial opening thereof Figure 4 is a sectional view substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 5 is a modification of a. detail of the construction.

In the drawing I have shown an infants garment of the type mentioned comprising a body portion A-, a head portion '3. arm portions C and leg portions D.

The body portion Ais shown as provided with a slit l0 adapted to be closed in any suitable or .preferred manner as by means of the slide fastener I I. The slit III has been shown as straight and centrally positioned in the front of the body portion A. As will be understood as the description of the invention proceeds, it need not be so contoured and positioned, but other contours and positions such as a lateral position, a biased position, or a curved contour fastening may be preferable for certain purposes.

A head portion B is shown as in the form of a hood (although obviously it may be of other types) adapted to cover the back and the sides of the head of a wearer and provided with an opening It at the front, whereby the face of the infant remains exposed.

Running along each arm portion C is a slit l2 which may commence at the distal end of the arm .portion and run toward the opening it and into adjacency to the end of the slit l0, whereby a flap I 3 is formed, which, in the illustrative em- 'bodiment, may be described as being of triangular conformation.

It will be observed that because of the fact that the slits l0 and I2 run into this opening It, so that when the flaps l3 are turned aside, as shown in Figure 2, the garment may be opened up at the front from the top of the head to the crotch.

The slits I! may be closed by suitable means provided for that purpose, such as the slide is tenets l5.

For additional security other fasteners may be provided, the function of which is to prevent the accidental opening of the slide fasteners.

For this purpose, I may, as shown particularly in Figure 4, mount the two sections Na and Nb of the slide fastener on the edge portions Illa and Iilb that define the slit III, that said edge portions overlap each other and the fastener Ii is completely covered by said edge portions when they are in overlapping relation. For manipulation of the slide fastener the edge portion 10b is folded back. In order to prevent such folding back, and in particular to'prevent the folding back at the end of the slit at which the slide or pull lie of the fastener II is positioned when the slit is closed, I have shown means for securing the edge portions Ila and lob together. Such 1 means, by way of example, has been shown as a snap fastener it. Obviously other types of fasteners, such as button and button hole, would serve equally well for this purpose.

The slide fasteners I! may, for the same purpose, have fastening means I! positioned at their inner ends.

.While the slits if have been shown as running into a common opening. namely the opening I, and this is found in practice to be a convenient arrangement as it enables the use of a single snap fastener for each slit, it is to be understood that for certain purposes these slits may be otherwise disposed and may run into the slit ID at some intermediate point. This however would of necessity involve modification of the fastening means. I

It will also be apparent that the construction described is equally emcacious where no hood or.

head portion B is provided on the garment. In that case the various slits would run into the neck portion, separating the front portion of the garment into flaps.

A belt I8 provided with fastening means I! intended for ornamental as well as utilitarian purposes, aswill be understood, is also shown.

It will be clear from the foregoing description that my improved garment is readily positioned while at the same time forcing his legs into the leg pockets and his arms into the sleeves, will be readily apparent to persons accustomed to handling infants.

The arm portion C may conveniently have their slits I 2 commence at some distance from their extreme end portions, so that small pockets are formed within which the infant's hands will be held sufllciently to prevent the ready withdrawal of his hands.

A modified arrangement of arm portion is shown in Figure 5, in which the arm portion C is shown as provided with a eufl 2i adapted to surround the infants wrist. The slit I! then starts inside thecufl and is provided with fastening means such as the slide fastener H. In this construction, the-infants arm may readily be pushed through the cuff II by the accessibility afforded by the slit controlled by the slide fastener elements l4.

It will therefore be evident that I have provided a simple and highly effective garment that affords great convenience in manipulation. In

particular the arrangement of slits radiating from a center so as to provide flaps enabling the garment to be opened up, permits ,the use of a single slide fastener for eachslit, whereby the amount of manipulations required is greatly reduced.

It will be understood, of course, that I do not.

While I have herein disclosed one illustrative embodiment of my invention and a modification thereof, it will be understood that it may be embodied in many other forms and modified in many other ways without departing from the spirit thereof, as will be obvious to those skilled I in the art, and that the disclosure herein is by way of illustration'merely and is not to be interpreted in a limiting sense, and that I do not limit myself other than as called for by the I language of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An infant's garment comprising a head section in the form of a hood open at the front, a

body section, and a plurality of pairs of limband arm sections the distal ends of which are closed to provide a partial enveloping connection, said head, body and a pair of limb sections being adapted to open up by an arrangement comprising a slit running down the front of the body portion, a slit running down each one of the said arm sections, and all of said slits merging into the opening at the front of the head section, and fastening means for separably uniting the edges of said slits.

2, An infant's garment comprising a portion for covering the back of an infant's body and his head, closed end pockets for receiving the legs of the infant, a pair of flaps forming the front of the body portion and a part of a pair of laterally extending arm portions having closed ends to provide a partial enveloping connection, separable closure means adapted to unite said flaps, a second pair of flaps forming another part of the said lateral arm portions and also the sides of the head portions, and separable closure means adapted to unite one flap of said last-named pair, with the adjacent flap of the other pair.

3. In an infant's garment, a head section in the form of a hood open at the front, a body section, leg sections and arms sections closed at their ends, said' body section being divided along a line running from the crotch to the neck, and

said arm sections being divided along a line running along the;front thereof and meeting the line of division of said body section, and said respective lines running into the opening in the head section.

JOSEPH ASTROVE. 

